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Copyright’s Umbrella (Sec. 102)
Section 102 maps the general contours of what is included, and then of what isn’t covered. Section 102 tells us what is covered by copyright in broad strokes, and then shows us (and courts) how to paint the finer strokes ourselves.
Congress—really for the first time (in copyright at least)—thought ahead.
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